Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
memories heart age
Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.
age cheese matter
Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese.
joy age ends
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope.
reading writing firsts
Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.
respect responsibility roots
Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.
spring flower angel
There are so many tender and holy emotions flying about in our inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbs all these incorporeal spirits, and the perfume of all these flowers.
german-language language organs
The German language is the organ among the languages.
monotony superiors variety
A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.
kings power deeds
The look of a king is itself a deed.
hero giving birth
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one
reality remembrance lasts
Remembrances last longer than present realities.
men heaven enjoy
Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.
trying doe speed
For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up.
mother repetition
Repetition is the mother of education.